Video game composers have music sold as NFTs without permission

eurogamer.net:

Video game composers have had their music sold as NFTs without permission.

The platform HitPiece allows users to «own a song, build your unique playlist, and join an Artist's community», according to its Twitter page.

It appears to be scrubbing Spotify for music and selling it illegally as NFTs. That includes video game music, along with Disney tracks and more. Composers have since hit back at the platform on social media.

«Just so you know joinhitpiece one of the tracks you're selling that I appeared on is owned by Blizzard_Ent who are now owned by Microsoft… good luck with that,» said Grant Kirkhope, the BAFTA nominated composer for World of Warcraft Shadowlands, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong and more.

Just so you know <a href=«https://twitter.com/joinhitpiece?ref_src=» https: www.eurogamer.net>@joinhitpiece

one of the tracks you?re selling that I appeared on is owned by <a href=«https://twitter.com/Blizzard_Ent?ref_src=» https: www.eurogamer.net>@Blizzard_Ent who are now owned by <a href=«https://twitter.com/Microsoft?ref_src=» https: www.eurogamer.net>@Microsoft?.. good luck with that

David Wise, another Donkey Kong composer, also responded. «Please spread the message far and wide that joinhitpiece are attempting to sell digital assets they simply can not legally own,» he said on Twitter. «There is no legal organisation with authority to authenticate these transactions & no existing contracts between composers, performers or publishers»

Please spread the message far and wide that <a href=«https://twitter.com/joinhitpiece?ref_src=» https: www.eurogamer.net>@joinhitpiece

are attempting to sell digital assets they simply can not legally own. There is no legal organisation with authority to authenticate these transactions &